Ugchelen

Ugchelen
Village and neighbourhood
Church at Ugchelen
Ugchelen Location in the province of Gelderland Show map of Gelderland Ugchelen Ugchelen (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands
Coordinates: 52°11′7″N5°56′27″E / 52.18528°N 5.94083°E / 52.18528; 5.94083
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Apeldoorn
Area [1]
• Total	23.32 km2 (9.00 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	3,860
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7339 [1]
Dialing code	055

Ugchelen is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, and is today seen as a village.

Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked its growth to the paper industry, it had a total of 11 watermills. In 1958 a 70-meter high transmission tower was built, the Zendstation Ugchelen. ^[3] In 2006 it received a new water mill called The Bouwhof Mill. ^[4]

The most important hospital in the region, Gelre hospital, is located next to Ugchelen.

Notable people

• Robin Linschoten, politician (VVD) (born 17 April 1956 in Ugchelen)
• Peter Bosz, manager with Olympique Lyonnais and ex-trainer of AGOVV Apeldoorn and ex-professional soccer player with Feyenoord (born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn)
• Medy van der Laan, politician (D66) (born 14 August 1968 in Spijkenisse)
• Jan Kromkamp, professional soccer player with PSV (born 17 August 1980 in Makkinga)
• Jaime Bruinier, professional soccer player with AGOVV (born 28 June 1987 in Ugchelen)

Gallery

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  Caesarea chapel
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  Altena factory
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  Forest office
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  Leesterheide

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 March 2022. Three entries
2. "Postcodetool for 7339AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
3. "Nederlands televisienet wordt steeds dichter: straalverbindingstoren bij Ugchelen weldra gereed". De Maasbode. 1958-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
4. Gert Woutersen (2021-03-13). "Ugchelen, Nieuws en informatie uit Ugchelen en Ugchelense Organisaties en Verenigingen". Ugchelen.org. Retrieved 2022-08-01.

External links

• Media related to Ugchelen at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site (in Dutch)